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  "site": "https://pwn.watch",
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-22T19:58:23.236Z",
  "tag": {
    "id": "spyware",
    "label": "Spyware",
    "isStack": false,
    "url": "https://pwn.watch/t/spyware",
    "feed": "https://pwn.watch/t/spyware/feed.xml"
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    "live": 0,
    "notFullyPatched": 0,
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    {
      "slug": "apple-blastpass-cve-2023-41064-41061",
      "title": "BLASTPASS: NSO zero-click iPhone exploit chain (CVE-2023-41064, CVE-2023-41061)",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/apple-blastpass-cve-2023-41064-41061",
      "json": "https://pwn.watch/i/apple-blastpass-cve-2023-41064-41061.json",
      "status": "closed",
      "severity": "high",
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      "product": "Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS",
      "tags": [
        "apple",
        "ios",
        "macos",
        "nso-group",
        "pegasus",
        "spyware",
        "zero-click",
        "zero-day",
        "cisa-kev"
      ],
      "cveIds": [
        "CVE-2023-41064",
        "CVE-2023-41061"
      ],
      "affectedVersions": [
        "See vendor advisory"
      ],
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        "iOS 16.6.1 and iPadOS 16.6.1",
        "iOS 15.7.9 and iPadOS 15.7.9",
        "macOS Ventura 13.5.2",
        "macOS Monterey 12.6.9",
        "macOS Big Sur 11.7.10",
        "watchOS 9.6.2"
      ],
      "startedAt": "2023-09-07",
      "closedAt": "2023-09-11",
      "updatedAt": "2023-09-11",
      "summary": "Citizen Lab caught BLASTPASS, a zero-click iMessage exploit chain that delivered NSO Group's Pegasus through malicious PassKit attachments carrying images. Apple fixed the ImageIO and Wallet bugs in emergency updates the same day.",
      "xPost": null
    },
    {
      "slug": "operation-triangulation-ios-zero-click-2023",
      "title": "Operation Triangulation: zero-click iMessage spyware on Kaspersky's iPhones",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/operation-triangulation-ios-zero-click-2023",
      "json": "https://pwn.watch/i/operation-triangulation-ios-zero-click-2023.json",
      "status": "closed",
      "severity": "high",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "product": "Apple iOS (and other Apple OSes sharing the bugs)",
      "tags": [
        "apple",
        "ios",
        "kaspersky",
        "spyware",
        "zero-click",
        "zero-day",
        "cisa-kev"
      ],
      "cveIds": [
        "CVE-2023-32434",
        "CVE-2023-32435",
        "CVE-2023-38606"
      ],
      "affectedVersions": [
        "Exploited against iOS versions before iOS 15.7 / 15.7.1 (NVD)"
      ],
      "fixedVersions": [
        "CVE-2023-32434: iOS 16.5.1, iOS 15.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.4.1, Monterey 12.6.7, Big Sur 11.7.8, watchOS 9.5.2, 8.8.1 (NVD)",
        "CVE-2023-32435: iOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.7, macOS Ventura 13.3, Safari 16.4 (NVD)",
        "CVE-2023-38606: iOS 16.6, iOS 15.7.8, macOS Ventura 13.5, Monterey 12.6.8, Big Sur 11.7.9, tvOS 16.6, watchOS 9.6 (NVD)"
      ],
      "startedAt": "2023-06-01",
      "closedAt": "2023-12-27",
      "updatedAt": "2023-12-27",
      "summary": "Kaspersky found a years-long zero-click iMessage campaign on its own staff's iPhones. The chain used several Apple zero-days, including a bypass of hardware memory protections through undocumented MMIO registers (CVE-2023-38606), which was revealed at 37C3 in December 2023.",
      "xPost": null
    }
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    {
      "incident": "operation-triangulation-ios-zero-click-2023",
      "incidentTitle": "Operation Triangulation: zero-click iMessage spyware on Kaspersky's iPhones",
      "severity": "high",
      "status": "closed",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "date": "2023-12-27",
      "title": "At 37C3, Kaspersky details the hardware-feature bypass behind CVE-2023-38606",
      "body": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://securelist.com/operation-triangulation-the-last-hardware-mystery/111669/",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/operation-triangulation-ios-zero-click-2023"
    },
    {
      "incident": "apple-blastpass-cve-2023-41064-41061",
      "incidentTitle": "BLASTPASS: NSO zero-click iPhone exploit chain (CVE-2023-41064, CVE-2023-41061)",
      "severity": "high",
      "status": "closed",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "date": "2023-09-11",
      "title": "CISA adds both CVEs to the KEV catalog",
      "body": null,
      "sourceUrl": null,
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/apple-blastpass-cve-2023-41064-41061"
    },
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      "incident": "apple-blastpass-cve-2023-41064-41061",
      "incidentTitle": "BLASTPASS: NSO zero-click iPhone exploit chain (CVE-2023-41064, CVE-2023-41061)",
      "severity": "high",
      "status": "closed",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "date": "2023-09-07",
      "title": "Citizen Lab discloses BLASTPASS; Apple ships iOS 16.6.1 and related updates",
      "body": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://citizenlab.ca/2023/09/blastpass-nso-group-iphone-zero-click-zero-day-exploit-captured-in-the-wild/",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/apple-blastpass-cve-2023-41064-41061"
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      "incident": "operation-triangulation-ios-zero-click-2023",
      "incidentTitle": "Operation Triangulation: zero-click iMessage spyware on Kaspersky's iPhones",
      "severity": "high",
      "status": "closed",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "date": "2023-07-24",
      "title": "Apple fixes CVE-2023-38606 (iOS 16.6); KEV entry follows on July 26",
      "body": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38606",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/operation-triangulation-ios-zero-click-2023"
    },
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      "incident": "operation-triangulation-ios-zero-click-2023",
      "incidentTitle": "Operation Triangulation: zero-click iMessage spyware on Kaspersky's iPhones",
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      "status": "closed",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "date": "2023-06-21",
      "title": "Apple fixes CVE-2023-32434 and CVE-2023-32435; CISA adds them to KEV on June 23",
      "body": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32434",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/operation-triangulation-ios-zero-click-2023"
    },
    {
      "incident": "operation-triangulation-ios-zero-click-2023",
      "incidentTitle": "Operation Triangulation: zero-click iMessage spyware on Kaspersky's iPhones",
      "severity": "high",
      "status": "closed",
      "patchStatus": "patched",
      "date": "2023-06-01",
      "title": "Kaspersky discloses Operation Triangulation",
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      "sourceUrl": "https://securelist.com/operation-triangulation/109842/",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/operation-triangulation-ios-zero-click-2023"
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